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CHARLES S. RUEF, OF DIXON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE GRAND DE TOUR PLOVCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,234, dated November23, 1886. Application filed September 11, 1886. Serial No. 213,344. (Nomodel.)

IO make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and tov letters or figures of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention has reference to that class of plows in which the plow iscarried on three wheels, and pertains more especially to novel mechanismfor turning the plow, mechanism for adding the third horse thereto, and4mechanism for adjusting the depth and width 2O of the cut, and forkeeping the bottom of the plow substantially level.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of a plow embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 are details 2;. ofthe mode of attaching the tongue. Figs. 5

` and 6 are details of the mode of attaching the rear wheel. Fig. 7represents, partly in section, the adjustable sleeve on the gagestandard. Fig. 8 isa detail of the mode of varying e width of tread ofthe front wheel.

A is the plow-beam, to which is suitably attached the plow B. The plowand beam are supported on the inner wheel, O, front furrow-wheel, D, andrear furrow-wheel, E. The wheel D traverses the inner angle of the outerfurrow, or the furrow in which the off" horse walks, and the rear wheel,E, traversesv the inner angle of the furrow behind the plow. Bot-h ofthese furrow-wheelsare set at an angle to the perpendicular, with theirlower edge projecting inward, thus overcoming the tendency of the plowto crowd toward the unplowed ground, and thereby dispensing with thelandside77 and its consequent friction.

El is the usual caster-seated rolling colter.

D' is the axle of the wheel D, and at ashort distance within the wheel Dis turned upward to form the fulcrum for the gage-lever F. The verticalportion ofthe axle D' is formed of four 5o equal sides, and is fittedwith an inner sleeve,

F'. The sleeve F' is attached to the beam A by means of a shortcross-beam, A', attached at its inner end to the beam A, and collared atits outer end in the lower annular horizontal recess, A2, on theexterior of the sleeve F.

A lifting-arm, F2, is collared at its lower end in a like upper annularhorizontal recess, F5, on the exterior of the sleeve F', and is pivotedat its upper end to the front end of the gage-lever F. This constructionpermits the lateral ro- 6o tation or oscillation of the axle D',carrying with it the sleeve F' and wheel D, and thus giving direction tothe latter without cramping the lever F or beam A. i

A guide-bar, G, is rigidly attached at its rear end to the centralportion of the sleeve F', and has its front end furnished with modes ofattachment, as hereinafter described. The front end of the beam A isprovided with the usual clevis, A3, having a vertical series of at-V 7otach meut-holes, and to such clevis is suitably attached the doubletreeA.

The tongue H, whose main function is to twist or turn the axle D'horizontally, and thus turn the plow, is attached at different points, 75

'contingent upon whether two or three horses are used. When but twohorses are used,the tongue is placed at the front end of the beam A andattached to clevis A3; but to permit its lateral oscillation,independent ofthe beam', 8o is pivoted as follows: A

In Fig. 3 are shown the rear end of tongue H, upper tongue-plate, H',and lower tongueplate, H2. The lower plate has downwardlyprojecting jawsa, adapted to be attached to the clevis A3, at t-he front end ofthe beamA, when two horses are used, or to the -front end of guide-bar G whenthree horses are used, being fastened by a cross-pin, b, passing throughsaid jaws a and such clevis and guide-bar, re- 9;) spectively. The plateH' is interposed between the plate H2 and tongue H, and the three partsunited by the rear vertical bolt, c. The interposed plate H' isfurtheradjustably held against the tongue H by the front vertical bolt, d,which is passed through the outer slot, e, in said plate H', and throughthe tongue H. When the tongue is placed in the clevis A3, at the end ofthe beam A, the plates H' and H2 are not connected, save by the rearvertical roc taelled to sleeve F', axle D', sleeve F', seated on saidaxle, and wheel D, substantially as shown, and for the purposedescribed.

4. The Combination, with the tongue H, plates H' and H2, and beam A,with brace A', of the wheel D, axle D', sleeve ll', seated on said axle,and guide-bar G, rigidly attached to said sleeve, substantially asshown, and for the purpose described.

5. The combination of the wheel E, axle E', beam A, elevis K, havingelongated end K', and pivoted on the beam A, lever L, lever N, and

purpose described.

6. The combination of the Wheel E, pivotally seated in the elevis K, thebeam A, the elevs K, and tlie elutell M, adapted to clasp and hold saidelevis parallel with said beam, whereby the plow can be baekedWithoutits rear end swinging` laterally, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. RUEF.

, XVitnesses:

CHARLES C. BUELL, WILLIAM W. MURPHY.

